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30 ILCS 105/6z-135

    (30 ILCS 105/6z-135)
    Sec. 6z-135. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund.
    (a) The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
    (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund shall be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to award grants to units of local government, public institutions of higher education, and qualified nonprofit entities for the purpose of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers.
    (c) When awarding grants, the Board shall prioritize:
        (1) grants that will be used to hire, retain, or hire
    
and retain law enforcement officers in underserved areas and areas experiencing the most need;
        (2) achieving demographic and geographic diversity of
    
law enforcement officers that are recruited or hired by applicants that are awarded grants;
        (3) maximizing the effects of moneys spent on the
    
actual recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; and
        (4) providing grants that can impact multiple
    
employers.
    (d) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including, but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
    (e) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant moneys and determine which entities are eligible.
    (f) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
    (g) As used in this Section, "qualified nonprofit entity" means a nonprofit entity, as defined by the Board by rule, that has established experience in recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers in Illinois.
    (h) On June 30, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund into the Law Enforcement Training Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund shall pass to the Law Enforcement Training Fund.
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)